Nominating petitions

At large candidates need a minimum of 5% of the registered voters of the municipality based upon the number of registered voters recorded by the county auditor on the second Tuesday of January of the year of the election. No more than 50 signatures required.

Alderman (Wards) candidates need a minimum of 5% of the registered voters of the ward based upon the number of registered voters recorded by the county auditor on the second Tuesday of January of the year of the election. No more than 50 signatures required.

Voters may sign as many petitions as there are positions.

Third class cities

At large candidates need not less than three signatures of registered voters within the municipality.

Alderman (Wards) candidates need not less than three signatures of registered voters of the ward.

2017 Municipal / School Election Workshops

We will host two webinars on each date below (100 maximum attendees for each time). The webinar times are 9:30 am and 2:30 pm (Central time). Prior to each webinar we will send the login information to the SDML to forward to those that have pre-registered. Contact the SDML to register: 605-224-8654 (Lori Martinec) or martinec@sdmunicipalleague.org .